What changed our lives since the 50's until the modern age of 2008?

Aw, Reba I miss those days. Good memories!
 
Dixie said:
yeah because times were 'simpler' then. You know there were no 'grey' areas in life. It was all black and white in the sense of right and wrong. Kids respected their elders, families were less prone to be dysfunctional, while it seems as if it were all jolly, each era had its own problems, whereas with the 1950s it was the threat of the 'cold war' and nukes landing on US soil from Russia, thus why nearly every house built in the 1950s has a basement level.
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Yep, you are correct about " simpler " days than today. And, of course durin' old days, there were no " grey " areas in life. Very true! It's why I miss those days. I like old days better than today. Good memories and nice things to have also.
 
Maria said:
Yep, you are correct about " simpler " days than today. And, of course durin' old days, there were no " grey " areas in life. Very true! It's why I miss those days. I like old days better than today. Good memories and nice things to have also.
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I think the biggest reason why "good ole' days" was simpler because it was less populated and more homogeneous. you can still experience those in a homogeneous country - however it's typically "poor."
 
Bottesini said:
That Imperial was a cool car. I hate to think how much gas it used. At least it was much cheaper then!
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Yes, it was cheaper back then. :P

We drove from the East Coast to the West Coast, and then back again in Imperials.
 
Reba said:
Yes, it was cheaper back then. :P
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lol and it used to cost like $1-2 to rent a video.... and now it costs $5 :mad2: on the other hand..... it's much cheaper to buy a computer now than in old time... same for cell phone.
 
yup, but why pay $5 to rent a movie when you can watch it on the Internet (given you have a very fast connection)
 
Dixie said:
yup, but why pay $5 to rent a movie when you can watch it on the Internet (given you have a very fast connection)
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sucks for people who do not know how to use computers or can't afford computers. :doh:
 
Jiro said:
lol and it used to cost like $1-2 to rent a video.... and now it costs $5 :mad2: on the other hand..... it's much cheaper to buy a computer now than in old time... same for cell phone.
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Umm, there were no rental videos, cell phones, or home computers in the 1950s.
 
Reba said:
Umm, there were no rental videos in the 1950s.
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oh... that's right.... I've made a blunder of my own. I was thinking about 1980's. Handful of us weren't even born in 50's :laugh2:
 
yeah in all of its technicolor glory!

My grandparents didnt have their first color TV until the late 70s from my mother's recollections.
 
Dixie said:
yeah in all of its technicolor glory!

My grandparents didnt have their first color TV until the late 70s from my mother's recollections.
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Same here. I didn't own a color TV until 1979.
 
1950s including Popular Culture, Prices, Events, Technology and Inventions

Money and Inflation 1950's

To provide an estimate of inflation we have given a guide to the value of $100 US Dollars for the first year in the decade to the equivalent in todays money
If you have $100 Converted from 1950 to 2005 it would be equivalent to $835.41 today

In 1950 a new house cost $8,450.00

In 1950 the average income per year was $3,210.00

In 1950 a gallon of gas was 18 cents

In 1950 the average cost of new car was $1,510.00

Chrysler New Yorker $4347

Chevrolet Corvette $3631

Mens All Wool Suits $28.90

Square dance Cotton Check Dress $3.29

Electric Portable Singer Sewing Machine $19.90

Ronson Electric Shaver $28.50

Rib Roast 29 cents per pound

Ritz Crackers 32 cents

Rollaway Beds $14.95

Ring 1 carat Diamond $399.00

Mechanical Adding Machine $3.98

Example of a home from 50's

1951 River Frontage Lot Sheboygan Wisconsin 1 1/2 Acres River front plot on Sheboygan River $750

Example of the types of cars available and prices in the 50's

Cadillac Convertible 1959

Tailfins the ultimate car with tailfins produced by Cadillac with the chrome to go with it and a 325 Horsepower engine and power anything and everything

Prices From $5,400
 
I have a " 1960 " magnet for my refridgerator. Here let me type out what it says on it :lol:

1960
Remember When...
A Nostalgic Look Back in Time

New House $ 12, 675.00
Average Income $ 5, 199.00 per year
New Car $ 2, 610.00
Vitamin D Milk $ 1.04 per gallon
Ground Coffee .97 cent per pound
U.S. Postage Stamp 4 cent
President Dwight Eisenhower
Vice President Richard Nixon


And, about the milk I remember it was really glass, not carton. Ohhh how I miss those days. I wish it will bring back if, it wasn't for computer age. It was soo much fun back then. Sorry, I didn't have 50's magnet. I got my 1960 magnet from Alaska when I live there before. In Skagway, Alaska they have all those " old days " stuff at one store. I LOVE those things and it brought my memories back. :lol: I really enjoy rememberin' them.
 
Jacob said:
Karissa, I see the "present" glasses -- it seems out of the modern group. I have a modern galsses, which is a boxy alike. But you might see these bold thick modern frames at the stores, no? That would be the present modern glasses of today.
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Yeah, I see them. And, I did try to google "glasses in 2008's subject" up and all I got, that's all.

Bottesini said:
Glasses definitly got much better! The old lenses were so heavy, it made my nose sore from the glasses frame sitting on it.
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Ooww... It must be hurt! Geez! At the least, glasses are so much wonderful and totally improved! :D

Reba said:
:ty: The girl is me. The little boy with no hair in the b&w pictures is my brother. The other boy in the color picture was a friend.

Ah, what I think so. Oh, okay, thanks for correction.

My parents always kept my brother's hair very short until he was a teenager. Then we discovered that he actually had very curly hair, almost afro style! We never knew that, ha, ha. (As you can see in the pictures, my hair was straight.)
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Yes, I see your hair. :)
LOL, seriously? Wow. I think it would be cute if your parents let your brother to have his curly hair. Heh :D
 
Maria said:
I have a " 1960 " magnet for my refridgerator. Here let me type out what it says on it :lol:

1960
Remember When...
A Nostalgic Look Back in Time

New House $ 12, 675.00
Average Income $ 5, 199.00 per year
New Car $ 2, 610.00
Vitamin D Milk $ 1.04 per gallon
Ground Coffee .97 cent per pound
U.S. Postage Stamp 4 cent
President Dwight Eisenhower
Vice President Richard Nixon


And, about the milk I remember it was really glass, not carton. Ohhh how I miss those days. I wish it will bring back if, it wasn't for computer age. It was soo much fun back then. Sorry, I didn't have 50's magnet. I got my 1960 magnet from Alaska when I live there before. In Skagway, Alaska they have all those " old days " stuff at one store. I LOVE those things and it brought my memories back. :lol: I really enjoy rememberin' them.
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That's cool! I bet you got it from Cracker Barrel Restaurant. Am I right? I did read my born years. It's interesting. :)
 
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